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This page contains the main health risks for travellers and general recommendations. Travel conditions are different for everyone and each patient's health condition varies. Discuss your trip during a travel consultation with your doctor or in a travel clinic, preferably six to eight weeks before departure.
Read also the information on security, healthcare and other practical aspects on the FPS Foreign Affairs website.
The malaria risk is:
In case of fever during or after your journey, get tested for malaria as soon as possible.
Insects can transmit diseases such as dengue, chikungunya and sleeping sickness.
Protect yourself against insects.
Ticks can transmit diseases such as African tick bite fever.
Dogs and other mammals can be infected with rabies.
There is a risk of infection with schistosomiasis when swimming or bathing in lakes and rivers.
You may experience altitude sickness in areas above 2500 metres.
Read these tips before you leave.
Hepatitis A vaccination is recommended for all travellers.
A single booster of polio vaccination is recommended for all travellers to Asia or Africa aged 16 years or older.
Discuss with your doctor whether one of the following vaccinations is recommended for you:
There is no risk of yellow fever in this country. Vaccination is not required if you are travelling from Belgium.
For travellers visiting the Victoria Falls and crossing the border with Zambia, a yellow fever vaccination certificate is not required.
Vaccination is exceptionally compulsory if you have been in a country where yellow fever may occur in the past six days (see map). This also applies to transit through an airport.
This vaccination must be administered at least ten days prior to arrival by an official yellow fever vaccination centre and must be registered in an International Certificate of Vaccination and Prophylaxis.
Additional preventive tips may be useful for you:
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